PROJ~CT 10073 RECORD r:..\E CflOUP 2. L OCATIO:-! ' i-I:I ' HER OF OBJECTS L!:iiGTH OF OBSERVATION I ll'PE OF OBSERVATION Gto.t:1'j ! ;-,-f"ICTOS I J. f' IYSI C \L EVIDENCE 11. BRIEF SUM."'ARY AND ANALYSIS Obscr!cr stat d the oojcct .'/CL'e hcvecin~ at ::tn un:J~tcrr.incd hej ~ht !1Cac his house. Cbjcc t r~r~ "r bled a b r i !1t h't:'. ' It 1odtcd li;ce a lo~ gin~ st1r . Cbjcct a3n11~ed a red- ish, p u l S .!-'t"'l nsr gl0\'/ nr.d then di~."~t C'll'eci over th~ hori- zon in :\ 11ort!r.:!!G t e tly d ir~ct ion. SCP 6J 0329 (TOE) Prwl""' adlllon 11'>1 (ot'T'\ ''" Y b ouotl 3 e!"erence your latter concer:1ing :tour unusual observat i c n on Ap r -1 3 8J"ld April ll, 1967. T!".e description you :provided i s consisumt wit h that oi' an astronotili cs.J observation With the culprit being the pJs.n~t Yenus . At tb:i3 tt"De of the year, Venus with a stel sr magm.tude of -3.5_, is. fr.t ::u-tl:.e brightest astrono::nic.a.J body i a tre s6.;;, 'Wit h t.ne except1.on, of course, o.f the sun and moon. T!Jere have been ::::mmerous reports for the last t-.ro months of a l a.:-ge, brigot. o~ject hoveri.ng the western s...lcy bet.reen 7 p .m. a nd 10 p .:n. Detailed investigation has revealed that Venus s responsi~le :!"or a gz~at majority of the sight1ngs. I orfer th13 e:tplana"t:ion Cl"' .l.;r as a possi bil ~ t:;. Tha."l~ you f o:-:rour letter and interes~ 1n the tm:i dent:.Iied flying object (UFO) ~rogram. Si nc:erely, GBOBG! P. FREEMAN Lt Colonel, USAF Chie~, C1Vll Branch CO!iR~mi ty Rela~ions D1 visio n Of.f1C8 of I111'oz :aa.tion Officer-in-Char~e Hrieht- Patt0rso:1 Air Force B::lse D:t:;ton, Ohio Cn t.to recent eve!"ling~ -April 3 :m:i 11 -b i!;ninc_:; at about 9 :30, ot~a~ !'!e-:'.)ers of r:.Jl fa;r.ily and I sa~1 \liut. ap:Je1r cd to be a UFO ho-rerL"'lg at U.."ldeter- r:IL"lcd height nsar MY home SC!:tc 9 :niles scuth~le.::>t of E.'lton, Chio. f~st s i ghting , th3 object r esembled a bright, 1~1-hanging st~r. It r e:l'..ainad in view for about 45 :ninutes, tho:t, assu:ning a r eddish, pulsating gl o;;, disappeared over the ho::-izon in o. nortnr.-testerq direction . merely m~ntio:1 it in pc?.ssing, ar.d d on' t kno-,.t ~.rhethe-r thers Hou.ld b e any relationship o::-not, but so~e s~eep that are housed in our ba~n S3em9d to become quite ... estless durint;; t:1is p!'leno::er.on. Accord in; to reports , others in ?reJl e County, Chio, and '.h:.rne Co-.;.:rty, ~J.i~fla have see:1 the saoe, or other si;nj1.:lr object. I ;.ould be e:lad to 'l3- cus3 th3 ~ttc~ fu=th~r. 3~ould you car e to co:ttact ~e ~t the ~hove addre3.::>.